Example sentences of "be n't [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 61 | He were n't engaged to her , she 's a married woman . |
| 62 | We were n't trained to be acquisitive . ’ |
| 63 | I think this is a deal that could have been done ; we just were n't getting to the finishing line quickly enough . |
| 64 | But , in ruling out a coup , Trent had to presume that the arms had a further destination and were n't connected to the drug scenario . |
| 65 | And in terrible conditions , erm , another country is Zaire where there is currently , I mean I 'd think there was a military coup or something there in the last few weeks , but these things are colonies which were n't connected to Britain , hoping I 'm being , I think it 's a French colony , they use a Belgian colony or is an ex Belgian colony , maybe in Belgium and France you would get more news about those two countries , but here we do n't , because they , we have n't got that colonial connection that makes us interested perhaps erm and , and when we do find out about South Africa because it used to be a colony , we do find out about , I mean Ethiopia I think we found out about because of the disaster that 's happening there in several of the countries all around it , used to be British colonies . |
| 66 | They were n't fixed to the cabin — not while they were going across from one side to the other . |
| 67 | And erm the youngsters were n't objecting to their music . |
| 68 | ‘ Fine for a 1950s semi , but old buildings were n't intended to be hermetically sealed ; preventing moisture getting in and out causes real damage . ’ |
| 69 | They were n't pledged to any other idea . |
| 70 | Add to that a predilection to falling off buses because you think you see Him on every corner , in every crowd , at every window , and the inevitability of actually seeing Him in the off-licence when you were n't expecting to , and feeling your entire stomach lurch forward involuntarily like waking from a dream of falling . |
| 71 | ‘ If we were n't tied to this bit of the country , I 'd almost think about chucking it all in and heading off somewhere different — Canada , or Australia , or South Africa . ’ |
| 72 | Mum had done lots of cooking beforehand so we were n't tied to the kitchen and could spend time doing other things and just sitting around chatting . |
| 73 | No it 's not , I did say it 's somewhere earlier on in the Gospel , but you were n't listening to me . |
| 74 | There was quite a lot pressure and half the team were n't listening to what Ian was saying at that so |
| 75 | Yes , they had talent , more than all of us put together , but that does n't negate the fact that they were n't trying to be lyrically witty , which always sounds so contrived . |
| 76 | In other words , er they were n't trying to sort of scrape it together to actually repay your , repay your twelve thousand pound wh loan at the end of twenty years . |
| 77 | ‘ You 'd have to remember who you were n't speaking to , who was on fatigues . |
| 78 | specifically told you from yesterday but you just , I said I 'm sorry but you did n't , you did not say that you were n't to go to lunch |
| 79 | Obviously er if er you came in in the morning and you were n't feeling to good , for whatever reason , then you could n't slack back and say och well I 'll just take my time with this . |
| 80 | Like many of the expatriate teachers here , he obviously has strong sympathies with the Chinese communist line , and that 's probably why we were n't introduced to him by the embassy . |
| 81 | I 'd no idea you were n't allowed to until this huge screw bears down on me throwing a wobbler , going blue with rage . |
| 82 | No , no , on your own , no no your parents were n't allowed to that one , that was that was children 's party . |
| 83 | Erm , I was talking more about frustrated sexual erm er feelings that er , they were n't allowed to you know , let go and in their way of life . |
| 84 | Was , was that because you were n't allowed to ? |
| 85 | When a young lad , well as a young lad you were n't allowed to be cos you 're not going to be in there son , and as I was er saying until I , until I left school I was more or less at work between school and bedtime you see , but er the majority of lads used to do a , do a little part-time job in those days |
| 86 | They had large capacity halls — maybe three or four thousand people there , which was funny for the boys because they were n't used to that . |
| 87 | They 'd not long allowed white caddies at Augusta , and the police were n't used to people like me . |
| 88 | At that time erm , I was a commercial traveller and Harlow was part of my district and they reluctantly accepted the fact that because I was a commercial traveller working in Harlow that I actually did work in Harlow which was stretching a point , but I really think that the Development Corporation 's officials were getting a little tired of my being able to talk their own language and to write letters in the same vein as they could write , they were n't used to this , and , at any rate , as I said earlier we got here . |
| 89 | They were n't used to Grimma smiling . |
| 90 | They did n't er they they were n't used to industrial action I think it 's fair to say and er they did n't want they were n't quite sure whether you know they they might be taken over by cert well certain political f factions if you like . |